diff --git a/examples/osgviewer/osgviewer.cpp b/examples/osgviewer/osgviewer.cpp
index 29dbcf2df..e63cf27fd 100644
--- a/examples/osgviewer/osgviewer.cpp
+++ b/examples/osgviewer/osgviewer.cpp
@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv )
         return 1;
     }
 
-    osg::Timer timer;
-    osg::Timer_t start_tick = timer.tick();
+    osg::Timer_t start_tick = osg::Timer::instance()->tick();
 
     // read the scene from the list of file specified commandline args.
     osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> loadedModel = osgDB::readNodeFiles(arguments);
@@ -77,9 +76,9 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv )
         arguments.writeErrorMessages(std::cout);
     }
 
-    osg::Timer_t end_tick = timer.tick();
+    osg::Timer_t end_tick = osg::Timer::instance()->tick();
 
-    std::cout << "Time to load = "<<timer.delta_s(start_tick,end_tick)<<std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Time to load = "<<osg::Timer::instance()->delta_s(start_tick,end_tick)<<std::endl;
 
     // optimize the scene graph, remove rendundent nodes and state etc.
     osgUtil::Optimizer optimizer;